How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,031 | 9:18:04 | 10:06:03 | 10:38:16 | 11:26:02 | 13:04:53 | 8:37:53 |
| M18-24 | 30 | 9:23:44 | 10:11:24 | 10:23:26 | 10:45:50 | 12:54:44 | 9:23:44 |
| M25-29 | 84 | 9:28:15 | 9:34:39 | 10:11:28 | 10:53:13 | 12:20:52 | 9:28:15 |
| M30-34 | 126 | 9:22:01 | 9:51:26 | 9:59:06 | 10:41:31 | 12:40:27 | 9:01:19 |
| M35-39 | 122 | 9:03:16 | 9:22:19 | 9:55:47 | 10:54:58 | 12:35:11 | 8:47:56 |
| M40-44 | 164 | 9:05:01 | 10:14:34 | 10:33:28 | 11:14:42 | 12:42:32 | 8:47:43 |
| M45-49 | 150 | 9:16:12 | 10:07:41 | 10:41:16 | 11:36:27 | 13:08:49 | 8:37:53 |
| M50-54 | 182 | 10:19:48 | 10:51:47 | 11:20:12 | 12:03:09 | 13:24:49 | 9:40:54 |
| M55-59 | 110 | 10:07:00 | 10:53:04 | 11:18:20 | 12:01:12 | 13:21:36 | 9:40:54 |
| M60-64 | 43 | 10:56:21 | 11:59:12 | 12:12:15 | 13:15:18 | 14:25:39 | 10:56:21 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 10:51:59 | 10:51:59 | 12:16:18 | 13:15:26 | 14:26:01 | 10:51:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 341 | 10:20:13 | 10:56:38 | 11:27:04 | 12:10:38 | 13:59:37 | 9:49:32 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 9:51:54 | 9:51:54 | 9:51:54 | 11:10:48 | 12:39:47 | 9:51:54 |
| F25-29 | 29 | 10:31:10 | 10:40:08 | 10:41:57 | 11:52:41 | 14:18:38 | 10:31:10 |
| F30-34 | 37 | 9:49:32 | 10:26:23 | 10:54:56 | 11:37:40 | 12:59:24 | 9:49:32 |
| F35-39 | 51 | 10:20:13 | 10:56:38 | 11:03:49 | 12:13:07 | 13:48:36 | 10:20:13 |
| F40-44 | 48 | 9:57:06 | 10:55:25 | 11:23:03 | 12:31:54 | 13:50:55 | 9:57:06 |
| F45-49 | 63 | 10:35:00 | 11:09:00 | 11:39:16 | 12:08:38 | 13:19:09 | 10:35:00 |
| F50-54 | 50 | 10:35:30 | 11:12:21 | 11:53:34 | 12:22:52 | 14:12:38 | 10:35:30 |
| F55-59 | 35 | 10:48:04 | 11:17:05 | 12:07:34 | 13:24:09 | 14:41:15 | 10:48:04 |
| F60-64 | 14 | 11:56:24 | 11:56:24 | 12:23:10 | 13:12:30 | 14:22:46 | 11:56:24 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.